Give your PDA a Win-Hand

By 01.10.2002 :: 7:51AM EDT01.10.2002

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win-hand is a new application that can access any computer on the internet from your handheld. the display of the remote computer that you're viewing comes through high compression and is sent to your pda through the internet. before installing win-hand, be sure to have palm os version 3.0 or later, 100 kb of space for installation, 100 kb of free memory (more recommended), and a tcp/ip internet connection. set up the application to connect to the server through the win-hand client. once connected all taps or keyboard entries send commands to the remote computer as if they were mouse clicks, and you have access to your files. in addition, the program also has a security feature and explains how to make win-hand connect to a computer with a firewall. the software retails for usd$39.95.joel's note: this technology is nothing new, but i'm always up for seeing another iteration. as a matter of fact, palmvnc was one of the first iterations that i had ever heard of and it's free!

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win-hand price(9:54am est thu jan 10 2002)as i understand it, there are two versions of wind-hand. one is free and the other is $39.95. the only difference between the two is the $40 one has the kind of enhanced security that businesses would require if their employees wanted to use this to connect to corporate data. – by ed from pic

palmvnc for handera 330(12:48pm est thu jan 10 2002)and don't forget that there is a version floating around that supports handera's qvga screen and collapsing graffiti area thing. i have it installed, though i haven't tested it (no internet device yet bought by me). – by john cholewa

john cholewa: no need for internet connection to use palmvnc. it can be connected with peer-to-peer. eg bluetooth, cradle etc… – by frank ho

win-hand for treo 700w ms system(4:13pm est thu mar 02 2006)i have a treo 650 and using win-hand, will be upgrading to treo 700w. is there anything similar to win-hand that will run on the 700w using ms. – by fred